This collection of essays brings together a selection of the latest research on the economics of the empire, through a variety of lenses, and, for comparative purposes, includes examples of recent continental work.

Preface; Financial Capitalism and Imperialism in Late Victorian and Edwardian England; The Export of British Finance, 1865-1914; Canada and Argentina: the First Preference of the British Investor, 1904-14; Anglo-Indian Banking in British India: From the Paper Pound to the Gold Standard; The Banking Community of London, 1890-1914: A Survey; The Phases of French Colonial Imperialism: Towards a New Periodization; Indo-British Relations in the Post-Colonial Era: The Sterling Balances Negotiations, 1947-49; Britain, the Sterling Area and European Integration, 1945-50